Poems from Raices, Relics, and Other Ghosts (Kelsey Books, 2024) To Heal Roots Light spills onto pale cobblestone pathsand small store fronts painted sea foam green, lilac, and salmon. Mangroves and las ceibas tangleover top merchant carts. The eroded brick of El Morro tells a story of times passed in waves.Stepping past the cracked walls…
Thundering on the Pink, a book review by Candice Louisa Daquin Thundering on the Pink (Kelsay Books) a poetry collection by Trisha Leigh Shufelt Trisha Leigh Shufelt’s first book published outside her own publishing house, Thundering on the Pink, is a curated tumbleweed of her strongest writing. Her passion for poetry is unparalleled, and it…
I Have Never Wanted Another Life, a book review by Candice Louisa Daquin I Have Never Wanted Another Life (Riot in Your Throat Press) a poetry collection by Frances Klein Frances Klein understands people and bad therapists, she understands platitudes and falseness and the horror of infertility. Klein’s book I have Never Wanted Another Life, is…
California Fever Dream, a book review by Candice Louisa Daquin California Fever Dream (Willow Books) a memoir by Dr. Judy Juanita In California Fever Dream, a memoir, Dr. Judy Juanita possesses a rarefied ability of a memoir writer to reach outside her own Black feminist experiences and touch on universal humanism without neglecting her original…
Other Side of Broken, a book review by Candice Louisa Daquin Other Side of Broken (Riot in Your Throat Press) a poetry collection by Kimberly Casey With her second collection, Other Side of Broken, Kimberly Casey considers how humans create and then implode and recreate, as we go through life loving, losing and trying to…
The Devil’s Backbone, a book review by Candice Louisa Daquin The Devil’s Backbone (Wildhouse Poetry) a poetry collection by Julie L. Moore Nostalgia is said, can be an illness, in its ability to harness the sufferer to the past. The Devil’s Backbone recognizes such historic snares and by the prolific utilization of epigraphs, forms an…
April brings Poetry Month, and with it our Spring 2026 Edition. We extend our warm greetings to all our readers, writers, and the wider literary community. In this edition, we are proud to present a rich selection of features, including conversations, reviews, and poems that reflect diverse voices and experiences. We are also delighted to…
A poem by Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, translated from the original Hindi into Arabic by Mohammad Hlmi Rishah and into English by the author. The Day of Doom Let all the leaves in trees catch fire,Cities and villages drown in a deluge. Let all the continents melt awayOn the palms of our hands in no time at…
Editorial: Kalpna Singh-Chitnis April brings Poetry Month, and with it, we extend our warm greetings to all our readers, writers, and the wider literary community. We are pleased to share that Life and Legends is now a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP). This marks an important step in our journey…
The Sky Will Hold : A book review by Candice Lousisa Daquin The Sky Will Hold (Riot in Your Throat Press, 2026), a poetry collection by Elizabeth Hazen Can a woman write simultaneously about the ashen beauty and breakage of living? In her opening poem Approximations, Elizabeth Hazen achieves this, with the lines: “I’ve had it…
Vestige : A book review by Fiona Chamness Vestige (Press Pause Press) a poetry collection by Olivia Pierce Graham One of the asks we most frequently make of poetry is sensory and emotional hyperfidelity. Readers want to dwell, albeit briefly, within the speaker’s experience. Olivia Pierce Graham’s 2026 collection Vestige takes on a valuable challenge in…
Pasiphaë: A book review by Candice Louisa Daquin Pasiphaë (The Book Social) a novel by Jane Dougherty Myth retelling can go horribly wrong if handled improperly and become something of a marvel if the writer has a good historical background and unique slant on the myth, though it is always risky to reimagine something without…
